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.......,~\ ~  ~ ~ ~ ELVES  LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ \~,.......
........,~ ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND  THE GREAT DAM.  ~ ~  ~ ~ ~,........
........., ~  IT WAS  BUILT IN  THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ,.........
.......... ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES  CAME TO US  THEN. ~ ~ ~ ..........
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.......... THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ..........
.......... CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~  ~ US ..........
.......... KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN  AT  THE WATER EVEN ..........
.......... THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ..........
........., ~  ~ SOMETIMES  THE  SLUICE WOULD  CLOSE ,.........
........,~ ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER AT  THE  DAMS ~,........
.......,~\ FOOT  WOULD  DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY \~,.......
......,~\* WATER  GARDEN  THAT   HAD   BEEN  HIDDEN *\~,......
.....,~\*$ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO  THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ $*\~,.....
....,~\*$£ ~  ~ ~  ~ BEFORE  THE  DAM OPENED AGAIN, £$*\~,....
...,~\*$££ THERE  WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT  THE ELVES ££$*\~,...
..,~\*$££# WOULD MAKE  US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY #££$*\~,..
.,~\*$££## WE WOULD FIND  THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ##££$*\~,.
..,~\*$££# AT OUR  KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~  ~ #££$*\~,..
...,~\*$££ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ££$*\~,...
....,~\*$£ ~ BY  THEN  THE ELVES  WOULD  BE GONE. ~ £$*\~,....
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